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• Breast Cancer
• Cancer Registries/Surveillance
• Cervical Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Skin Cancer
• Special Populations

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General Cancer Resources

• American Cancer Society
• American College of Surgeons National Cancer Database
• Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), (contains health risk information pertaining to cancer)
  • United States Cancer Statistics 2000
• Healthy People 2000, Cancer Progress Review (1998)
• Healthy People 2010, Cancer Chapter
• Institutes of Medicine (IOM)
  • Unequal Treatment: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (A report from the Institutes of Medicine)
• National Cancer Institute
  • Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Fact Book (PDF-269K)*
  • Archive of the Annual Reports to the Nation
  • Cancer Control PLANET
  • 2001 Cancer Progress Report
  • Atlas of Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs
  • Cancer Prevalence Statistics
  • Cost of Cancer and Cancer Care Publications
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Information on Cancer Statistics (CANQUES)
  • Searchable CANCERLIT Database
  • SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Program
  • SEER Cancer Statistics Review 
    • 1975-2000
    • 1973-1999
    • 1973-1998
  • SEER Statistical Publications and Monographs
• National Center for Health Statistics
  • Health, United States, 2003, Table 54: Age Adjusted Cancer Incidence Rates for Selected Cancer Sites According to Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: Selected Geographic Areas, 1990-2000 (PDF–213K)*
  • Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality
  • Cancer Fast Stats
  • Atlas of U.S. Mortality, Maps for All Cancers (PDF-1,742K)*
• North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
  • Cancer in North America  
  • Top Five Most Commonly Diagnosed Cancers, 1994-1998 

Breast Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• United States Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence
  • Cancer Incidence Data
• CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Prevalence Data
• Healthy People 2000, Women’s Health Progress Review
• Healthy People 2010, Breast Cancer Objective 3.3
• Healthy People 2010, Increase Proportion Receiving Mammogram Objective 3.13
• National Center for Health Statistics
  • Atlas of U.S. Mortality, Maps for Breast Cancer (PDF-963K)*
  • Mammography Fast Facts
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, Breast Cancer, Trends in Incidence and Mortality by Race and Age
  • 1975-2000 (PDF-196K)*
  • 1973-1999 (PDF-105K)*

Cancer Registries/Surveillance

• United States Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence
  • Cancer Incidence Data
• Healthy People 2000, Surveillance and Data Systems Progress Review
• Healthy People 2010, Increase Statewide Cancer Registries Information Capture Objective 3.14
• International Agency for Research on Cancer, Information on the Occurrence of Cancer World-wide
• North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), Statistics
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program Cancer Statistics Review
  • 1975-2000
  • 1973-1999
• World Health Organization Cancer Mortality Databank

Cervical Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• United States Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence
  • Cancer Incidence Data
• CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Prevalence Data
• Healthy People 2010, Cervical Cancer Objective 3.4
• Healthy People 2010, Increase Proportion Receiving Pap Test Objective 3.11
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, Cervical Cancer, Trends in Incidence and Mortality by Race and Age
  • 1975-2000 (PDF-79K)*
  • 1973-1999 (PDF-47K)*

Colorectal Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• United States Cancer Statistics: 1999 Incidence
• United States Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence
  • Cancer Incidence Data
• CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Prevalence Data
• Healthy People 2010, Colorectal Cancer Objective 3.5
• Healthy People 2010, Increase Proportion Receiving Screening Examination, Objective 3.12
• National Center for Health Statistics, Atlas of U.S. Mortality, Maps for Colorectal Cancer (PDF-1,802K)*
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, Colon and Rectum Cancer, Trends in Incidence and Mortality by Race and Age
  • 1975-2000 (PDF-154K)*
  • 1973-1999 (PDF-101K)*

Ovarian Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• United States Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence
  • Cancer Incidence Data
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, Ovary Cancer, Trends in Incidence and Mortality by Race and Age
  • 1975–2000 (PDF-80K).*
  • 1973-1999 (PDF-48K).*

Prostate Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• Healthy People 2010, Prostate Cancer Objective 3.7
• National Center for Health Statistics
  • Atlas of U.S. Mortality, Prostate Cancer (PDF-1,634K)*
  • Prostate Disease Fast Facts
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, Prostate Cancer, Trends in Incidence and Mortality by Race and Age
  • 1975-2000 (PDF-95K)*
  • 1973-1999 (PDF-63K)*
• United States Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence
  • Cancer Incidence Data

Skin Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• Healthy People 2010, Melanoma Cancer Objective 3.8
• Healthy People 2010, Increase Use of Protective Measures Objective 3.9
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, Melanomas of the Skin, Trends in Incidence and Mortality by Race and Age
  • 1975-2000 (PDF-112K)*
  • 1973-1999 (PDF-61K)*
• United States Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence
  • Cancer Incidence Data

Special Populations

• American Cancer Society
  • Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans
  • Cancer in Minorities Statistics
• Indian Health Service Program Statistics
• Intercultural Cancer Council, Cancer Facts for Special Populations
• National Cancer Institute
  • Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Fact Book (PDF-269K)*
  • SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2000 (PDF-125K)*
    Scroll to Table II-22, for All Sites (Invasive), By Race/Ethnicity and Sex.
  • SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1973-1999 (PDF-149K)*
    Scroll to Table II-22, page 22, for All Sites (Invasive), By Race/Ethnicity and Sex.
  • Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States 1988-1992
• National Center for Health Statistics
  • Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality
  • Women's Health and Mortality Chartbook, August 2004
  • Healthy People 2000: Trends in Racial and Ethnic-Specific Rates for the Health Status Indicators: United States, 1990-98
• Native American Cancer Research
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Covering The Uninsured Databank, a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    These charts and graphs were prepared by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). Although EBRI uses the Current Population Survey (CPS) numbers, the same dataset used by the Census Bureau, EBRI estimates may vary from Census estimates due to the fact that EBRI's analysis excludes Medicare beneficiaries and active-duty military.

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